somebody's watching me

The prank went as planned and as Friar went scree-ing down the crypt halls, Sparrow dashed around the side, nearly sliding on the smooth ground as she hurried around. As expected, the timid girl turned tail and fled. Sparrow braced herself for-

THWACK

The woman thudded into Sparrow's chest and Sparrow accepted it greedily, falling onto her back to cushion the blow. One paw wrapped around Hanako's lower shoulders and the other one careened her head into Sparrow's neck. She aimed to hold firm and stroke the woman's head. "Shhh, there there," she said, but she couldn't keep the smile off her maw, "No one's gonna hurt you now." She wasn't being deceitful and anyone with a brain could see she was teasing the (slightly) smaller wolf, "Except maybe the ghosts."